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Showing posts with label flight 158. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flight 158. Show all posts

2008/08/24

San Francisco Emergency Landing




What: Chicago-bound United Airlines flight 158
Where: San Francisco International Airport
When: August 23, 2008 thirty minutes after takeoff
Who: 240 Passengers and nine crew members. No injuries.
Why: After one of its engine compressors stalled, the pilot turned the plane around and returned to the airport, flying on the aircraft's second engine. Smoke came into the cabin after the plane landed and the engines were shut down. Good job, Pilot.